embryo
[noun]
Synonyms: germ, beginning, nucleus, root, rudiment

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em‧bry‧o /ˈembriəʊ $ -brioʊ/ noun (plural embryos) [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: Greek embryon, from bryein 'to swell']

1. an animal or human that has not yet been born, and has just begun to develop ⇒ foetus

2. in embryo at a very early stage of development:
The system already exists in embryo.

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embryo
noun
ADJ. developing | early the cells of an early embryo
human, frog, etc.
VERB + EMBRYO implant Two or three embryos are implanted into the woman's body.
EMBRYO + VERB develop

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